Telehealth Is Filling Gaps in Sexual-Assault Care
Without it, some survivors would have to drive hours to access expert nurses.
A Mysterious Syndrome Can Strike Decades After Polio
As the number of polio doctors dwindles, the disease’s survivors are suffering alone.
I’m Sorry, but This COVID Policy Is Ridiculous
The recent attempt to limit the spread of disease from China makes no sense at all.
How Worried Should We Be About XBB.1.5?
Yet another new and highly transmissible subvariant of the coronavirus is taking over.
The Inflated Risk of Vaccine-Induced Cardiac Arrest
Damar Hamlin’s collapse on Monday Night Football calls attention to a medical myth that will not die.
74 Things That Blew Our Minds in 2022
Where The Atlantic’s science, technology, and health reporters found wonder in a sometimes-sobering year
People Are Fed Up With Rapid Tests
At-home swabbing still works just fine, but we can’t seem to escape false negatives. What gives?
No One Can Decide If Grapefruit Is Dangerous
The citrus can raise the level of dozens of drugs in the body—sometimes to a worrying degree, sometimes very much not.
How Many Republicans Died Because the GOP Turned Against Vaccines?
Party leaders are unquestionably complicit in the premature deaths of their own supporters.
Should Everyone Be Masking Again?
’Tis the season to cover your nose and mouth.
Nasal Vaccines Are Here
Now they’re being used in China. But do they work?
Maybe Consider Not Kissing That Baby
Close your mouth and step away from the human.
Consider Armadillo COVID
Animals could give us the virus—again.
Is COVID a Common Cold Yet?
Its symptoms have changed a lot.
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Another COVID Surge
Once again, our pandemic numbers are creeping in the wrong direction.
China’s COVID Wave Is Coming
The world’s most populous nation is being forced onto a zero-COVID off-ramp.
The Year Without Germs Changed Kids
Children who spent their formative years in the bleach-everything era will certainly have different microbiomes. The question is whether different means bad.
How Many COVID Deaths Will Chinese Protesters Accept?
Strict zero-COVID policies have kept disease from spreading, but at enormous social cost. How far should they be rolled back?
Expiration Dates Are Meaningless
Do I dare to eat an old peach yogurt? Yes, yes I do.
The Future of Monkeypox
As case numbers fall, the outbreak could become entrenched.